tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post8223915008568974757..comments2019-08-03T12:45:24.823+02:00Comments on EL ETOS UT: Turkish civilians evacuate Syria border town as military strikes Islamic Statexronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107445158803745642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175681583743369857.post-35202210065548207592016-08-23T21:43:32.839+02:002016-08-23T21:43:32.839+02:00Syria Kurds win battle with government, Turkey mob...Syria Kurds win battle with government, Turkey mobilizes against them...<br /><br />Syrian Kurdish forces took near complete control of Hasaka city on Tuesday as a ceasefire ended a week of fighting with the government, consolidating the Kurds&#39; grip on Syria&#39;s northeast as Turkey increased its efforts to check their influence.<br /><br />The Kurdish YPG militia, a critical part of the U.S.-backed campaign against Islamic State, already controls swathes of northern Syria where Kurdish groups have established de facto autonomy since the start of the Syria war in 2011.<br /><br />Their growing sway has alarmed Turkey, which is fighting an insurgency among its own Kurdish minority.<br /><br />Syrian rebels backed by Turkey said they were in the final stages of preparing an assault from Turkish territory on the Islamic State-held Syrian border town of Jarablus, aiming to preempt any YPG attempt to take it.<br /><br />&quot;We will give every kind of support to the Jarablus operation. This is important for our own security,&quot; Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference.....http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-kurds-idUSKCN10Y127?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com